The next pet charity has been chosen and I think you all are going to love it. I’m very excited and I think it is just a perfect fit for us, and we’ll have a big reveal tomorrow after we finalize a few details.
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SiubhanDuinne
You are such a tease.
catclub
weloveourpets-delicious.com
germy
You should have said you’ll tell us in two weeks.
Eljai
I’m excited. This will be my first pet charity reveal party! I hope there’s cake.
Barbara
Maybe you could also list all the candidates. Some of us might want to donate to one or more on our own. So many seemed so deserving.
dexwood
In this age of instant gratification you toy with us, expect us to wait? You monster.
WaterGirl
@Eljai: @Barbara:
Starting a list.
✓ List of the 6 candidates.
✓ List of the finalists.
✓ Links to websites for donations.
✓ Charity reveal party.
✓ Cake.
✓ No forest fires.
BC in Illinois
Will I start getting daily emails from all the charities on the list?
It seems to be all the rage.
randy khan
Wait, I thought the way to do this was to say you’ll have a great plan – the best plan – for the pet charity in two weeks. What’s this about telling us tomorrow?
WaterGirl
@BC in Illinois: LOL
I feel pretty confident in saying that reading a list of the charities will not cause you to receive email.
If you donate to one, you are on your own, which means you have to hit the unsubscribe button in your first followup message if you don’t want to be on someone’s list. :-)
Anonymous At Work
There’s a charity that trains pets to attack Ted Cruz???!!!???
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl:
LMAO!
No One of Consequence
@Anonymous At Work: Where’s the donate link for this? Can I request multiples *and* species? Asking for a fellow piranha fancier….
Peace,
NOoC
?BillinGlendaleCA
@WaterGirl:
I see someone has been raking.
mrmoshpotato
@Anonymous At Work: How about a charity that raises awareness for slapping Raefel with taxidermied iguanas by slapping Raefel with taxidermied iguanas?
mrmoshpotato
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Is it raking here and vacuuming in Finland? Or should we be breaking out our Eurekas too?
Aleta
@Anonymous At Work: I should have mentioned mine that employs one self-taught rescue dog to urinate on Collins signs. A good citizen who takes his work very seriously.
Aleta
Why does this make me nervous
WaterGirl
@Aleta: Because it’s Cole!
Yutsano
And here I thought we were going to finally get our long-anticipated nested comments…
JPL
@SiubhanDuinne: Did you vote yet? Lines were longer at the library that I vote at today, so gonna try again tomorrow.
laura
I have a dumb question- is there an In Memorium page in the calendar like inside the cover, and if not, would you consider it for future calendar years if there was interest? Asking for some friends gone but not forgotten.
Ken
It’s the John Barron SaveAPet Charitable Foundation, originally incorporated in New York but recently moved to Florida. Board of directors includes David Dennison, John Miller, and Fredo Uday Junior.
Not yet rated, but the twitter buzz is good. One “Russbot-134982” says “Best charity ever. I most impressed by Mr. Dennisons sales pitch. Over 9.7% of donations go to pets that need rescue!”
raven
@JPL: It lightened up a good bit here today.
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
Same. Just going to go day after day for the next few days until the lines look reasonable. If they never do, I’ll buy a lightweight folding chair and just do it. I know I’m physically not up to standing for hours. But as ridiculous as these long lines are, it’s very gratifying to see that so many people are bound and determined to cast their vote.
WaterGirl
@laura: I’m not exactly sure I understand your question, so if I don’t get it right, please clarify.
We don’t have a separate in memoriam page for pets – last year we did the In Memoriam for some of our beloved BJ people.
But there are plenty of pets in the calendar each year who have gone on to the rainbow bridge. This year, we are offering the option of either a small heart or a small rainbow next to any pet names, for those who have gone on before us. You just have to let us know.
Does that answer your question, or have i missed the boat?
piratedan
hearing that Barron Trump has tested positive for COVID, so he’s taken care of Christmas for the lil’ feller.
Mary G
O/T, but since I know you worry about Katie Porter, WG:
She’s got this.
jl
Looking forward to the announcement.
If Cole decides to do two charities, say, a small fund to improve Rosie’s mood, that would be OK with me.
But Cole would need to provide
monthlyweeklydailymorning and bedtime reports and Rosiepix, though. So we know where the money is going and effectiveness of that nearly hopeless project.Scuffletuffle
@Eljai: Fire or no fire?
jl
@Scuffletuffle: Good point.
Cole needs to resist the natural impulse to set off fireworks out in the woods on top of a pile of dry branches and leaf litter. Another nascent California trend that needs to stomped out with prejudice.
Sending out cupcakes to all BJ commenters with pet autographed pix of Rosie, Lily and Steve, would be nice, though. And memorial plaque of Tunch. As long as Cole does it out of his own pocket not the charity money, since the blog pays for itself.
WaterGirl
@Mary G: I do worry about Katie Porter, I love her so much. She was on Pod Save America again in the last week. She’s just so much a real person. Thank you for the update!
WaterGirl
@Scuffletuffle: If you saw my list at #7, definitely no forest fires. :-)
jl
Not an open thread, but had to post this. Some sound problems for first few seconds.
Jaime Harrison
@harrisonjaime
US Senate candidate, SC
https://twitter.com/harrisonjaime/status/1316412504336199680
A lot of people are saying he has more money that he can use now, so contributing to other races now, but this guy is impressive. He can speak from the heart. And has Bill Clinton level ability to explain things and counter BS in very plain English that gives an accurate picture of the situation. And I think he has better judgment that will prevent him from making (IMHO) BC’s second term policy mistakes.
Edit: my favorite line is (paraphrase): “I’m going to cringe because I don’t want to see this crap [Graham’s antics] on Saturday Night Live this weekend”
J R in WV
Glad to hear Congresswoman Porter is doing well and expected to win reelection. She’s a wonderful cross-examiner, given half a chance!
jl
Also, 538 blog has GA a toss-up and colored blue because of slight Dem polling lead. Economist magazine election forecast has GA, IA and OH toss-ups now. And Trump continues acting like a toxic goof. His old out-of-it white fart stoner routine from earlier this week probably won’t help him any.
laura
@WaterGirl: As usual, you’ve “full service blog’d” my question. Thanks a bushel and a peck.
WaterGirl
@laura: You are welcome! I don’t see your nym in the pet calendar spreadsheet, send me an email to get started. :-)
Zelma
I am admitting my incompetence, but where do I send the email about having a pet picture? I have one of my dog Bandit when he had not been to the groomer for over 4 months.
Miss Bianca
@WaterGirl: Catcake?? : )
WaterGirl
@Miss Bianca: I could never eat CatCake! Would you?
Miss Bianca
@WaterGirl: Well, when you put it like that…eww, no!
I was just thinking of an excuse for Avalune cartoons, honest!
WaterGirl
@Miss Bianca: I checked in with CatCake, and she reassured me that she took no offense.
J R in WV
@Zelma:
We have 3 dogs, two youngsers, twins nearly, and an older white Lab mix. None of them has been to a groomer; Alice the white Lab mix was bathed pretty throughly after she met a spotted skunk late one night.
Hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, with a dash of dawn to help it to soak in and dissolve the aroma containing oils.
Striped skunks smell quite a bit different than spotted skunks, which smell worse than striped skunks, believe it or not. The spotted skunks appear to be moving into the area lately. Sad!
Zelma
@J R in WV:
Bandit is a Llasa Apso. It’s either get him groomed or spend an hour a day brushing him. That would cut into my Balloon Juice time. BTW, how do I contact Water Girl? Still asking.
WaterGirl
@Zelma: I replied in another thread, but I’ll make it simple. I just sent email to the address you supplied to BJ. If that’s a valid email address, look for an email message from me, and reply to it.
thanks
Miss Bianca
@WaterGirl: Ah…I feel cleansed.